Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-24
FIRn AND HOME.
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fwerrsz ron mn Poar-mTnEEfaENcEn-
whst with slight indisposition. 10
r.shsr with the burden q cares inai
dsrt q hay harvest, last week ths
Ynlks we1e omitted, and, Tor anghl
lnow. mas be again nexl week.
70 gain experience, ones personal
eslent;sa g many details are neceesa.
~ IS matter how much help Is en-.
rIoved. Without personal experiences
endobservation, much writing becomes
salg lheoFy, and 4 neither proasabls
81 lntesesfing. would rather have
q fsi,urs q actual farm experiences
.ea ID srsr % honely slyla than
81 81 slsory that cen be printed even
b pollshed style.
N6t fhaz would discard theory ff0g
wlshout that we would have but listla
itew Nxnariancet bat what Ii wanted II
lhst fafners should more generally
sglle Isl their papeFs, which they cnn
vel Do 4 they wi only throw aside
tke nofion naaf they must write differ
enl froH heif ordinary manner q
wrlfsne, and 10 style different from
ihslf ordinary way ct thinking Mr..
Whitney 9 struck the nail on the head"
Nken Re wrote me that We should re-
cord oar failures or partial failures rs
NslI IS cur successes,
e. falloNlng bis laaehing IN that, I
aiah e record Che incldenf 81 partial
sailase - have made Ia the planting
~ potatoes. We planted some III
Nkieh the seed was cut fdF two weeks
before planting, some cut and planted
a once, and some planted without
cutting &c 8li. One can see 10 the row
whafe tie uncut seed begins. The
slnIzd Is helEel the plants stronger and
he crop n every way apparently more
pron4inE. These uncut potatoes were
SnsalI ones, selected for that purpose
b. neighboK AlFurii. Being Of the
sirae variety, planted al the same time,
Il The same field and upon land pre-.
pared precisely Id the same manner,
and b be cultivated IN the same way,
I hope 10 get some valuable experience
out l6 this venture for future use.
II there Il any profession or calling
that cannot be managed BY rule, ]
Ghink the ordinary fam work comes
as near Is as can be. Conditions are
-. = s.ssfs.. a.. =. =.
- wet or dry hot o. Geld, In each case
requiring different application II In
NOR; then the condition OF the crop,
constantly changing, requires different
manAgpmeut, With different objects 20
accomplish.
4 month ago we were blowing with
he double or three horse team just
g deep e we could,r and followed
list with the st1bs0il pillow with orders
not b q let up 30 long as the team can
stand II. and were eeiting down
iWaiFe, thirteen, and even fifteen inch
e. deep. That was when We we're
pi6usng 10 prepare the ground for inn
mediate cropping About that time
Wewme eulfivating the root crop just
Is liEh& a. We could &c destroy the
nesds.@ Just skiInming the surface
With The wheel hoe. Now this Il ex-
actlY reversed. We airs blowing IN the
"a pasture 10 KIN sod iust a. shallow
- We can and keep the plow In the
gFnund - link not more than three
inchea, and. n s1nae places not that,
While In the root patch = the plow II
ran - deep Is possible.
speaking Of plOwing deep Ia the
root patch I" reminds me that some
q he IieighboFs thought we could not
rleN ne srrots that were planted only
eghtnen inches apart. We are doing
linev. aud getting dawn ton inches
dsep BIZ measure, close Up 10 The carrot
Tou. OF course, while the carrots were
sinAn We could only cultivate the sur
lace lightly and III band. NOW the
eaae Il different; the tops are from
Tires 10 four inches high, and not 80
naaily covered ~. The blseksniilh
made for - q narrow blade 20 SO on
he shovel ploR frame, Stf inches vide,
n long, and e does not throw out
mnch dirt simply a. roots the ground
np. Is Rocky said after be started b
se piov.
After The seoosld round I followed in
ihe nov and for an average Of hnu-
itfed teet the fnFrow was tweiSe hun
dFed feel ipaEl cid Tom Kept clear II
Ne carrots With his feet and where he
did step on them they were seldom
DESTROYED, and. where destroyed, were
lsfi - near thsek enQagh thas there
#eHst4 "a .sasssass = n s5.srsssssstfftte tlFE4
A..sywas 4 an saiishca We Are making
Z isns al carrots IS this deep plow-
sag ] counted the carrots IN q Mum.
~ Il places in the row, and eoncinded
here Il an average % twelve ~ tnc
running foot. Everybody asks, " VII
yoa pot ihin these cut answer,
Nc. OF eourea, the carrots etanu.ng
- Thick viii be smaller, bot, be
cause q that, wiz be q better quail
~, yet the aggregate weight VIII ee
xfeater, They stand ~ Ike N nfcad
dRia and viii crowd each other out
ialo ihe space between the rows We
vi top them with the moving ma
ensae. ana can top small carrots a.
sAeap b. the ton as large ones, and
paeN Gus Is eeeaenglraily As 4 ever -
With The heess wc have n0t been 80
sHeeesxtRl IN getting stand. risnt.
g tan roands Of seed pea. acra. ard
Ao1Ekt Soc certain they were Thick
taeaeh. ] uow kWw hat fifteen
peens1z woald have been hettsF. One
teE b Nhich the drill vas iaaayeE~
teNltx run the thira time. which Wa
: ne rate Il fifteen pounds per aere,
sae sand i iust riNht We san -
iee sldefsHce hail Aay aerqss Ne ssl1,
NAscA i eighty rods We WI ptoW
- eeets e. we'd IS the carrots way
eoen desp. aud expect A. great 4
ssae1a tsem the psowing - ~ith the
Aewese alse d sell AL oar ROyal
Ana eherries fer seven q eight ceasS
teR Faond The Black Republicans.
Nun aaE0e cause, we're smaller than
NsAAs and. "a faci. nexeF are - laEse
"a Ne nrzt nausss3, and would not tttng
q maeh IN tie Basyket b. two cents :
leenss - the larger ikc1gh less paiai..
- ffus1 theFries oaghf - e Sold
= tenr . I've GENTS per peuA9 tnd
N.ke : ntes prO6t - the grover. TIE
seasatep1ea geuld he nuch greater
- tesssr rrlcg. Hke1 fsrlt erees
- sz4E crop thsl sells tnf - y Z
e year. aad ghen We can easily
- g least 4 hnndrxd Eanh tees -
~ q We VII, thau oae haaAps %